Tuesday 30 November 2010

Chloe (2009)

Directed by Atom Egoyan.
Seven Stars.
View Trailer.

Chloe is a remake of the 2003 French thriller Nathalie... starring Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, and Gérard Depardieu. It's the story of Catherine Stewart (Julianne Moore) who begins to suspect her husband David Stewart (Liam Neeson) is having an affair after failing to fly home on the night of his birthday. When Catherine comes across Chloe (Amanda Seyfried), a local prostitute, she has the idea of having the young hooker approach her husband to see what he does. Chloe agrees to approach the husband and meets with Catherine afterwards to give her exhaustive details of their encounters. As Catherine prolongs the scheme, she and Chloe become more intimate and as Chloe begins to infiltrate herself into Catherine's family life things begin to get out of hand. This is a fantastic thriller. Seyfried is sensational as the seductive call girl. Moores performance is also fine although Neeson seemed a bit out of place. Direction and photography are excellent and the film employes a great soundtrack.

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